IMovie Reduce Exported Video Size

I am super new to iMovie. I am using iMovie 10. I added a video clip of size 90Mb in the iMovie. I did some slight editing like adding some text and an image. I exported it using the Share file option with the lowest SD quality option and the file size is more than 500Mb. I imported this 50Mb file in the iMovie again, did some editing and exported using the HD option 720p and now the exported file size is more than 1.1Gb.
I did some searching and realized that there was an option to export it as a QuickTime movie which gives many compression options. But looks like that option was in iMovie 9 and has been removed from iMovie 10.
Is there any way i can reduce the file size or is there any option to export the file size with minimum file size?? Thanks!

There are less options that there were in iMovie 9 but Share to file produces a Quicktime movie and you can choose the resolution. Obviously there is no sense in choosing a resolution higher than the original clips. Lower qualities produce smaller files. The other share target options are tailored to the target - the smallest movie is obtained by sharing to e-mail but of course the quality is very poor. For details see:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#move6e0cb2ad
Geoff.

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